Oswayo Valley School District

We would like to thank the IU9 for acquiring a PA Smart Advancing Grant! This year, the IU will be working with all 14 districts to connect design thinking through STEM challenges and increase students’ knowledge of skills that our local manufacturers and industry needs.

Oswayo Valley’s 5th graders are currently participating in a STEM Challenge to build prototypes for an automated machine that fixes an industry problem. These Hummingbird kits will help our students bring those prototypes to life. Students will expand their projects through the use of circuits, bread boards, servos, motors, LED lights, and display screens to transform cardboard cutouts with lights, sounds, and movement. The skills developed through these design challenges give our students a head start for what they will see in high school and even into future STEM careers.

Here you can see 4th and 5th graders in the STEM Lab being introduced to the new Hummingbird kits.